Saturday, May 3, 2014

Vocabulary

One of my friends used the word "sclerotic" in a Facebook post today. The use of the word got a lot of reaction in the comments.
When prisoners started getting snotty with me at hearings, I sought revenge by using big words. If I thought they were lying, I would say things like, "you're obfuscating". If they were insulting the reporting officer or me, I would say, "There's no need to be so vitriolic". Or "cantankerous". I already wrote about the guy who got in a fight, lost, then claimed he was assaulted. I told he he was not assaulted, he just lost the fight because he "lacked pugilistic skills". If their statements were stupid, I would tell them "You are impervious to common sense". Usually they would just look puzzled. If they know what I meant, I probably would have gotten thumped a few times. I think they had an inkling that I was not flattering them but they couldn't be sure, so they didn't react. I got petty satisfaction from the fact that I had a bigger vocabulary than they did.